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The passage is about the dramatic change in Lieutenant Cross after the death of Ted Lavender. He realized that he loved Martha, more than his fellow soldiers which ultimately caused the death of Lavender. Lieutenant Cross’s revelation made him a better leader; because he finally has opened his eyes and change his focus to what is important. “He felt shame”, he hated the fact that he put his love for Martha before his team. Lieutenant Cross fantasizes about Martha every day of the war knowing he…

For the past month, the wise students of Wesleyan College have been reading and watching Ted Talk videos that all somehow relate to education. Primarily focusing on Sir Kenneth Robinson, Daniel Pink, and Fareed Zakaria, each text has a unique meaning and different point of view. They also all have a piece in their text which is influenced by education. Before one can proceed further into the re-imagining process, it is of value to uncover the true meaning of education. By comparing and…

In the TED talk, researcher Pankaj Ghemawat emphasizes the importance of making assessments and showing accurate data, that people are able to observe and understand that the world may not be as flat as they think. He showed a few data points, that can happened across national borders, which includes phone call, immigrants, direct investment, and exports. Each data point had an average value that was less than 10 percent, but people had made the error of guessing does values three to four times…

In Kandice Sumner’s Ted Talk, she suggests that we should give equal education to communities regardless of their wealth. Kandice is a teacher and passionately explains to us why American Education is not helping people in poor communities. She tells us a story about her childhood. Since both her parents were educated and placed a lot of value in education and Kandice was lucky enough to be in a desegregation program where she was driven on an hour long bus ride to a school in the wealthier…

psychopath capable of killing without the slightest feeling of guilt, remorse, or sorrow. However, this is not what makes a psychopath frightening. It is the killer’s ability to go unnoticed in society, these killers seem “normal.” For example, Ted Bundy was a charming, handsome, and quite…

Chimamanda Adichie’s Ted Talk entitled “The Danger of a Single Story” could be a second name for the class African Women Writers. Adichie discusses growing up in post-colonial Africa and how there were still a lot of colonial influencers, especially on her education. She read and subsequently wrote books about little blonde girls with blue eyes, who ate apples and played in the snow. She then goes on to talk about how she personally could relate with none of these experiences, she ate mangos,…

The video I chose was a Ted Talks video with scientists James Hansen who spoke out about climate change. James Hansen has written and published many articles and books about climate change and also worked with NASA for a period of time to help developed an experiment to fly to Venus. James Hensen's climate observations truly began in 1981 when he joined other scientists to analyze and publish an article in a science magazine that observed that the earth was warming 0.4 degrees Celsius in the…

Ted Conover’s Coyotes is a first hand description of illegal immigration from a point of view that many Americans may have maybe never before considered. It is descriptive and emotional, and at many times controversial. The US has seen a rapid increase in immigrants who have come into the US seeking better lives for themselves and families. These immigrants, like those throughout US history, are generally hard workers and make important contributions to the economy through their productive labor…

In his TED talk, Peter Doolittle aims to inform the audience on the topic of working memory. As a speaker, Doolittle caters his speech to his audience which is illustrated by the organization of the speech and by the relation of the topic to the audience. For instance, Doolittle humorously opens his speech with an anecdote to introduce the topic of working memory. The choice to make the humorous remark regarding a person’s walking speed, “well that wasn’t fast enough for me,” immediately allows…

Chapter 2 discusses how to ask for something and the best way to go about it. Twete starts off by telling the story of Lior Zoref and how he wanted to bring an ox on stage for a TED Talk. Twete showed Zoref’s email to TED and noted that one of the most important things when making an ask is to make it, then shut up. It is important not to ramble on and to get to the point when asking. This is a really important tip for me because I tend to beat around the bush when asking for things, so I will…